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To promote and ensure delivery of high quality special education and related services to students with visual disabilities or who are deaf or hard of hearing or deaf-blind through instructional methodologies meeting their unique learning needs; to enhance accountability for the provision of such services, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-1120| House 
| Updated: 2/16/2017
Matt Cartwright

Matt Cartwright

Democratic Representative

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (48)
Dwight Evans (Democratic)Daniel M. Donovan (Republican)Tim Ryan (Democratic)Elise M. Stefanik (Republican)Richard M. Nolan (Democratic)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Adam B. Schiff (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Stephanie N. Murphy (Democratic)Peter T. King (Republican)Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic)Brian Higgins (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Pete Aguilar (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Glenn Thompson (Republican)Claudia Tenney (Republican)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)John J. Faso (Republican)Eric Swalwell (Democratic)Michael F. Doyle (Democratic)Niki Tsongas (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic)David B. McKinley (Republican)Lloyd Smucker (Republican)Brendan F. Boyle (Democratic)Joaquin Castro (Democratic)Stephen F. Lynch (Democratic)John Lewis (Democratic)Mark Takano (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)Joseph Crowley (Democratic)Beto O'Rourke (Democratic)Seth Moulton (Democratic)Mike Thompson (Democratic)Gwen Moore (Democratic)John K. Delaney (Democratic)Grace Meng (Democratic)John J. Duncan (Republican)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)

Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act This bill amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require a state to identify, evaluate, and provide special education and related services to children who have visual or hearing disabilities (or both) and also are, or may be, classified in another disability category. A state must ensure that it has enough qualified personnel to serve children who have such disabilities and that a full continuum of alternative placements is available to meet the needs of disabled children for special education and related services. The individualized education program for each child that is either (or both) visually or hearing impaired must include specified components and must provide the child with instruction that meets the child's unique learning needs. Similarly, the individualized family service plan for an infant or toddler with a hearing disability must include specified components. A state's closure of a special school serving deaf or blind children shall count as a reduction of its financial support for special education and related services for purposes of the prohibition against reducing state financial support for such services from one fiscal year to the next. The bill also: (1) authorizes grants for training special education personnel, to be used in preparing individuals to become qualified teachers and early intervention specialists for children with hearing disabilities; and (2) establishes within the Department of Education the Anne Sullivan Macy Center on Visual Disability and Educational Excellence to better support students with visual disabilities.
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Timeline
Feb 16, 2017
Introduced in House
Feb 16, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Nov 7, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 115-2087
Introduced in Senate
  • February 16, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • February 16, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.


  • November 7, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 115-2087
    Introduced in Senate

Education

Related Bills

  • S 115-2087: A bill to promote and ensure delivery of high-quality special education and related services to students with visual disabilities or who are deaf or hard of hearing or deaf-blind through instructional methodologies meeting their unique learning needs, to enhance accountability for the provision of such services, and for other purposes.
Academic performance and assessmentsDepartment of EducationDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceEducational technology and distance educationEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesHealth information and medical recordsHearing, speech, and vision careLanguage artsSpecial educationTeaching, teachers, curricula

To promote and ensure delivery of high quality special education and related services to students with visual disabilities or who are deaf or hard of hearing or deaf-blind through instructional methodologies meeting their unique learning needs; to enhance accountability for the provision of such services, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-1120| House 
| Updated: 2/16/2017
Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act This bill amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to require a state to identify, evaluate, and provide special education and related services to children who have visual or hearing disabilities (or both) and also are, or may be, classified in another disability category. A state must ensure that it has enough qualified personnel to serve children who have such disabilities and that a full continuum of alternative placements is available to meet the needs of disabled children for special education and related services. The individualized education program for each child that is either (or both) visually or hearing impaired must include specified components and must provide the child with instruction that meets the child's unique learning needs. Similarly, the individualized family service plan for an infant or toddler with a hearing disability must include specified components. A state's closure of a special school serving deaf or blind children shall count as a reduction of its financial support for special education and related services for purposes of the prohibition against reducing state financial support for such services from one fiscal year to the next. The bill also: (1) authorizes grants for training special education personnel, to be used in preparing individuals to become qualified teachers and early intervention specialists for children with hearing disabilities; and (2) establishes within the Department of Education the Anne Sullivan Macy Center on Visual Disability and Educational Excellence to better support students with visual disabilities.
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Timeline
Feb 16, 2017
Introduced in House
Feb 16, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Nov 7, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 115-2087
Introduced in Senate
  • February 16, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • February 16, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.


  • November 7, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 115-2087
    Introduced in Senate
Matt Cartwright

Matt Cartwright

Democratic Representative

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (48)
Dwight Evans (Democratic)Daniel M. Donovan (Republican)Tim Ryan (Democratic)Elise M. Stefanik (Republican)Richard M. Nolan (Democratic)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Adam B. Schiff (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Stephanie N. Murphy (Democratic)Peter T. King (Republican)Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic)Brian Higgins (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Pete Aguilar (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Glenn Thompson (Republican)Claudia Tenney (Republican)Frederica S. Wilson (Democratic)Carol Shea-Porter (Democratic)John J. Faso (Republican)Eric Swalwell (Democratic)Michael F. Doyle (Democratic)Niki Tsongas (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic)David B. McKinley (Republican)Lloyd Smucker (Republican)Brendan F. Boyle (Democratic)Joaquin Castro (Democratic)Stephen F. Lynch (Democratic)John Lewis (Democratic)Mark Takano (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)Louise McIntosh Slaughter (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)Joseph Crowley (Democratic)Beto O'Rourke (Democratic)Seth Moulton (Democratic)Mike Thompson (Democratic)Gwen Moore (Democratic)John K. Delaney (Democratic)Grace Meng (Democratic)John J. Duncan (Republican)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)

Education and Workforce Committee

Education

Related Bills

  • S 115-2087: A bill to promote and ensure delivery of high-quality special education and related services to students with visual disabilities or who are deaf or hard of hearing or deaf-blind through instructional methodologies meeting their unique learning needs, to enhance accountability for the provision of such services, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Academic performance and assessmentsDepartment of EducationDisability and paralysisDisability assistanceEducational technology and distance educationEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesHealth information and medical recordsHearing, speech, and vision careLanguage artsSpecial educationTeaching, teachers, curricula